The Butte College football team spent the night celebrating a California junior college state title. The Roadrunners woke up to even better news.

Butte, ranked third nationally heading into the CCCAA final, evidently impressed rankers in the JCGridiron.com poll enough to not only leapfrog beaten opponent and previous No. 2 Fullerton with its 28-13 win on Saturday, but move into a tie with East Mississippi for the No. 1 spot in the country and thus a share of the junior college national championship.

The Roadrunners (12-0) had controlled the No. 1 spot in the CCCAA for 10 of 12 weeks throughout the season, but climbed only as high as No. 3 nationally before their showdown with the Hornets on Saturday. East Mississippi won the title in the NJCAA, junior college football's other governing body, with a 12-0 record.